[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNPRECEDENTED OCCASION.
ONLY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESSING PRESENT AT THIS DATE.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSESSING THE MEETING REMOTELY VIA PHONE AND SKYPE.
THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED THE ORDER AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.
MAYOR WALES AND DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS ARE PRECEDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GLOBAL.
KENDRICK AND MCCLELLAN ARE ATTENDING THE MEETING REMOTELY.
UM, WOULD Y'ALL STAY WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF PHONE? SILENCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC
THE REASON FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING IS TO RATIFY OUR PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT THIS.
MAYBE BEFORE WE GET STARTED, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD ROLL.
CALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU AND CAN OBSERVE WHAT'S GOING ON.
KENDRICK, CAN YOU HEAR US? OH, GARY GRAY.
ARE YOU COUNCILMAN GOEBEL? CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
COUNCILMAN NICOLA, I CAN HEAR YOU SUPER
[1. Ratification of Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt the next Resolution, in order, to ratify the proclamation to ratify the City Manager's declaration of an emergency as a result of the world-wide pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus.]
THEN CAN WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD THEN OR, ALL RIGHT.UM, AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED MEETING, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, THESE ARE SOME MEASURES THAT I THINK ARE APPROPRIATE THAT WE TAKE IN TERMS OF HAVING REMOTE COUNCIL MEETINGS IN, IN SOME EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND, AND FRANKLY, UH, YOU GENTLEMEN AND AS WELL AS STAFF.
UM, LAST WEEK, UH, UNDER MY AUTHORITY, I DECLARED A EMERGE A LOCAL, UH, PROCLAMATION OF AN A LOCAL EMERGENCY OR DECLARED A LOCAL EMERGENCY.
THAT DECLARATION HAS TO BE RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS MEETING TODAY.
STAFF HAS INCLUDED A RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS US TO DECLARE THAT EMERGENCY.
UM, THIS ENTITLES US TO SEEK ANY REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE EVENT OF ANY EXPENDITURES THAT WE MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF RESPONDING TO THE COVEN 19 PANDEMIC.
AND, UM, IT GIVES STAFF SOME ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES BASE, UH, FOR, UM, UH, RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS.
THAT CONCLUDES JEFF'S REPORT AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT, UM, AND YOU MAY WANT TO POINT THIS OUT AS WELL, A MAYOR THAT WE HAVE A VERY FEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, BUT IF THE PUBLIC HAS, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEND AN EMAIL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO THE CITY CLERK WILL RECEIVE THOSE EMAILS AND WE CAN READ THOSE OUT AS PUBLIC COMMENTS TO GIVE OUT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S SORT OF CLERIC AT CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
U S SO THAT'S CITY CLERK AT CITY OF EL CAHONE.
US WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SEND IN THEIR COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED TO MAKE COMMENT? WE HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO GO MOVE ON, BUT IF SOMEBODY SENDS A COMMENT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
UM, FOR THE TODAY'S VOTE, THE CITY WILL DO A ROLL CALL AT THAT MOMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE STATE YOUR VOTE IN TURN ON THE ITEM.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A MOTION ON THIS SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE STATE WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL.
UH, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLEN, I VOTE YES.
I, COUNCILMEMBER KENDRICK, RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ AND I SAY I AS WELL.
MOTION PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
LET ME JUST MAKE SURE WE GO BACK.
DID ANYBODY WRITE IN TO MAKE A COMMENT? NO COMMENT, SIR.
UM, THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER MAKE COMMENT.
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WE DO HAVE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE 24TH.UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE ACTUALLY CANCEL THAT MEETING.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT I THINK ARE, ARE CRITICAL FOR AND VITAL FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND IF THE COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH THIS TO DO A SIMILAR MEETING AS WE ARE DOING TODAY AND ONLY HAVE THE VERY BARE MINIMUM AGENDA ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED.
AND IN MOST OF THEM FRANKLY ARE KIND OF CONSENT ITEMS, BUT ITEMS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME ACTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
DO YOU NEED A PHONE ON THAT? UH, NO.
UH, WE DON'T NEED A VOTE ON THAT UNLESS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CANCEL THE MEAL THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
BUT MAYBE UNDER THIS EMERGENCY, UH, IF THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE A MEETING, THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, SO THEN I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THEN TO CANCEL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M ACTUALLY, I LIKE TO KEEP IT GOING, BUT DO IT ALSO THROUGH A SKYPE MEETING OPTION ON THE SAME TIME.
THE NORMAL REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING TIME.
UM, GENTLEMEN OUT THERE IN THE SKYPE WORLD THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR A WAY THAT OTHERS
YOU KNOW I WANTED TO DO ONE LIKE THIS.
ANYWAY, SO THIS, THIS IS GREG.
I WANT TO, YOU'RE GOING TO READ IT FOR US? YES.
IT'S A QUESTION FROM JESSICA BROUGHT A KIN AND DOES RATIFYING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY OPEN UP FUNDING TO BE DISTRIBUTED FROM FEDERAL OR STATE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT OR DOES IT JUST ALLOW FOR REIMBURSEMENT? OH, IT DOES OPEN UP FUNDING, IS THAT CORRECT? LET'S SEE.
MEASURE IT DOES FOR THE MOST PART IT WOULD BE REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WE INCUR, BUT AS PROGRAMS DO OPEN UP AND BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT WOULD BE THE CONDUIT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST LIKE TELL EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL STAY SAFE.
HOPE THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY KEEP YOUR OLDER FOLKS SAFE.
GO OUT, DO SHOPPING FOR THEM, KEEP THEM FROM INTERMINGLING WITH THE REST OF THE POPULATION JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS, THIS PROBLEM.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE CITY WILL COME THROUGH THE OTHER ONE OF IT AND WE'LL BE STRONGER AND CLOSER AS A RESULT.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE GERMAN, THE GERMAN JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL, ALCOA.
HOW'S IT GONE? AUTHORITY HELD THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 2020 IS THE JURY UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2020 AT 3:00 PM OKAY.